Crime Scene Reconstruction

Class Code:

S213

Subject Area:

S - Crime Scene Program

Class Location:

California Criminalistics Institute / Sacramento

Class Description:

This one-week (38-hour) course develops the crime scene reconstruction skills introduced in Crime Scene Investigation II (S211). The students are introduced to concepts of reconstruction through a series of documented scenes which are designed to develop their reconstruction analysis skills. The students should also have taken Bloodstain Analysis and Trajectory Analysis classes or have considerable crime scene investigation experience. The graduates of this class should be able to work independently at crime scenes and to reconstruct the events of a crime from proper documentation materials. Each student will be asked to bring documentation and reports from a reconstruction case for class discussion and evaluation. Each class is limited to 12 students. POST certification is pending.

Instructor:

TBA

Teaching Methods:

Simulations, lectures, exercises and demonstrations.

Objectives:

Students will be required to reconstruct a crime from photographs, sketches, and reports.